FREEPORT - Winneshiek Players announces open auditions and a call for production team members for the play "Mrs. Lincoln" by Thomas Cullinan. Auditions will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 9 and Tuesday, June 10, the Winneshiek Playhouse, at 228 W Clark (corner of Clark and Walnut) in Freeport. Auditions are open to the public and all are welcome. Casting needs are four women, two of which are African American, and four men. Age ranges of both men and women are from 20 to 60. Those auditioning will do a reading from the script. Production team members, backstage crew and other volunteers are also needed to produce "Mrs. Lincoln."
Winneshiek veteran Lynn Jones will direct the play that probes into the dark corners of history to reveal the bizarre, but affecting story of Abraham Lincoln's widow in the bitter years after his assassination. In 1875, ten years after Lincoln's tragic death, his widow was declared insane and upon petition of her son, Robert, was confined in the Bethlehem Place Sanitarium, Batavia, Illinois, for about a year. This play is being produced in conjunction with the Lincoln-Douglas Sesquicentennial Celebration.
Performance dates are August 29, 30, 31, and September 4, 5 and 6.
For additional information, contact Lynn Jones at (815) 235-2019, or by e-mail at jones_lynn@hotmail.com.
Winneshiek veteran Lynn Jones will direct the play that probes into the dark corners of history to reveal the bizarre, but affecting story of Abraham Lincoln's widow in the bitter years after his assassination. In 1875, ten years after Lincoln's tragic death, his widow was declared insane and upon petition of her son, Robert, was confined in the Bethlehem Place Sanitarium, Batavia, Illinois, for about a year. This play is being produced in conjunction with the Lincoln-Douglas Sesquicentennial Celebration.
Performance dates are August 29, 30, 31, and September 4, 5 and 6.
For additional information, contact Lynn Jones at (815) 235-2019, or by e-mail at jones_lynn@hotmail.com.
